Source: Town Hall
by US Senator Rand Paul (R-KY)
“The federal government has, for decades, behaved as though the fundamentals of basic budgeting don’t apply. But that’s hardly surprising considering that Congress has rewarded this poor stewardship of taxpayer dollars again and again. Bureaucrats have every incentive to burn through taxpayer money and no incentive to save it. The widespread practice of ‘use-it-or-lose-it’ budgeting has been the result, and it has to stop. Imagine if an American family, having paid their bills to cover their monthly expenses, decided to intentionally spend their remaining paycheck as fast as they possibly could. Instead of using their remaining paycheck for investments, or add to their savings, or set money aside for a rainy day; their only objective is to spend their paycheck quickly on whatever they can find. No family spends money this way. Because money doesn’t grow on trees.” (10/08/25)